Executive Order 13349 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)
Executive Order 13349—Amending Executive Order 13226 To Designate the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology To Serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President George W. Bush on 2004-07-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order 13226 To Designate the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology To Serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Executive Order 13226 of September 30, 2001, as amended, is further amended by adding a new section 2(c), to read as follows: "(c) PCAST shall serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel under section 4 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (Public Law 108–153) (Act).
▪Nothing in this Order shall be construed to require the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel to comply with any requirement from which it is exempted by section 4(f) of the Act." GEORGE W.
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Total Words
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Estimated Read Time
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Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 13349, George W. Bush (Jul 23, 2004). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13349-amending-executive-order-13226-designate-the-presidents-council.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (Public Law 108–153), and in order to designate the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel pursuant to section 4(a) of that Act, it is hereby ordered as follows: Executive Order 13226 of September 30, 2001, as amended, is further amended by adding a new section 2(c), to read as follows: "(c) PCAST shall serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel under section 4 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (Public Law 108–153) (Act). Nothing in this Order shall be construed to require the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel to comply with any requirement from which it is exempted by section 4(f) of the Act." GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, July 23, 2004. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 26, 2004]
